Escaping Me (21 page)

“See you Wildflower, stage left.” He kisses me then I watch him follow Hunter toward the stage.   

Aiden struggles some with his solos since his hands are still partially bandaged but the audience doesn’t notice.  His face contorts in agony with nearly every hit to his kit.  Hunter is in full on Cunter mode even pulling a chick up on stage burying his face in her chest during Gray’s intro.  Looking over, Hunter waggles his tongue at me while thrusting his hips wildly.  Gray’s eyes widen just in time to see me slide my middle finger up, blowing a kiss to Cunter with it. 

Hunter Chesterfield may be a perverted obnoxious bastard
.  You also may be able to count his age by the lipstick rings around his dick on any given day but he is a good guy underneath his inflated ego.  I’m sure of that.  Just from what little bit he told me about their childhood I can piece together enough to know that it’s just how he handles the shit hand he was dealt. 

I watch as the three of them rock the shit out of Vegas.  Tomorrow we start making the trip up to northern Minnesota, just outside the Canadian border. 
A couple little stops in-between but nothing hotel worthy so it’s goodbye hotel and back to the big bitch.  Back on the bus in cramped quarters but this time when we leave, we do it without Cam.  This was her original end point so I seriously doubt she will change her mind on that.  As much as I will miss her I know it will make it that much sweeter when they are back together.  The next time Aiden sees Cam she will be ready to stake her claim on his heart, even if it already belongs to her. 

“Alright
you fuckin’ amazin’ ass people of Sin City!  One more thing from us tonight!  Are you ready to soak your panties for this motherfucker right here?” Hunter screams into the mic as he points to Gray. “Too bad because the fucker went through some ball ‘n’ chain drive thru the other night.  Clamped a wife to his balls then got two burgers to go.” Roaring with laughter they flip each other off making the crowd start screaming. “Well he’s gonna sing some shit for you anyway.” Hunter says as Gray walks up to the mic.

“Alright Vegas, how about some Tonic for you tonight
?” He shouts into the mic starting the intro to ‘If You Could Only See.’ 

Gray’s eyes meet mine as he pours out every word.  He calls out all the lies, all the deceit as he defends everything about the love he feels.  Making it clear how determined he is to fight just to hear those three words from my lips.  Gray’s voice commanding the song as one big fuck off to Landon, Tad or anyone else who doubts the way he feels for me.  How it isn’t going to be eas
y or always pretty but I love him. 

The moment he finishes I do something I never thought
possible.  As he swings the guitar around to his back I jump from my stool running onto the stage and leap into his arms.  Wrapping my legs around his waist I kiss him hard.  The crowd going crazy as my tongue dives into his mouth.  Gray’s hands wrap around me, holding me firmly against him.  Our chests pressed tightly together as everyone claps and screams.

“Alright break it up before we get the hose!” I hear Hunter scream into the
mic.

Pulling
back I meet the sexiest smile while Gray runs his thumb along my bottom lip. “I love the fuck out of watchin’ you bloom Wildflower.” Then with my legs still wrapped around him he walks off the stage passing everyone without a word heading back down to the staging area.

Chapter Twenty Two:

Twat Caverns, Twinkies and Groupie Sleaze

The next morning I walk up the bus steps with a bag of groceries that Cam, Chase and I bought to find Hunter bouncing past Henry and Aiden to take the bag from me. “Is there bacon?  Is there? Huh?” Diving into the bag he starts piling stuff onto the counter. “Bacon!  Bacon!” He exclaims clutching the boxes of microwave bacon to his chest.  I am realizing all too quickly what I’m in for since Cam is officially gone now.  I’m alone on the bus with all the guys again.  

After leaving a very unhappy Gray in bed
early this morning, I had breakfast with Cam and Chase at yet another diner.   From there we went get stuff to stock the bus before Chase dropped me off at the bus where the guys were all waiting.  Camaron refuses to get within five hundred feet of the big bitch or Aiden so she grabbed a cab back to her parent’s house when we left the store. 

“Yes bacon.” I say patting his back. “Who’s a good boy?” I coo to him making Henry laugh.

“He sounds like that damn dog on the treat commercial.” Aiden says not taking his eyes from the computer screen. “How was Cam this morning?”

“She’s the same Aiden.  Can’t mention you without crying, but all she wanted to do was ask about you.” I reply
as I put the groceries away that Hunter isn’t about to make out with.

“Cam talked to me
last night about something, Daisy.” He adds.  I can feel him staring at me but I don’t turn to face him.  I can’t discuss this with him before Gray knows but I don’t want to discuss it at all.

“Aiden, I don’t want to talk
about it.  Not now, not ever alright?  It’s between Landon and me not you.” I say angrily, biting back the tears. “Just one more thing to add to the betrayal but it’ll be over soon enough.”

“What?” Gray says walking
up the aisle from our bedroom.  I turn meeting his gaze. “What else adds to the betrayal Daisy?” Gray asks again.

“We don’t need to have this conversation right now Grayson.”
I bite slamming the cabinet door then yank the bacon from Hunter to put it away.  Gray stalks over grabs my hips tossing me over his shoulder.  The boxes fly into the floor making Hunter scramble to pick them up.

Gray turns walks down the aisle passing the bun
ks then into our room kicking the door closed behind us. “Grayson put me down!” I squeal.  Just as I start to struggle he flops me onto the bed on my ass.

“Answer the
damn question.  What happened that you decided not to tell me about?” He snaps starting to lose his patience.

“Nothing.”

“Bullshit.  Yesterday, you walk in without a single word then climb into my lap.  After the show you lay in my arms but didn’t sleep at all last night.  I know better baby.  I felt you running your fingers on my fuckin’ ink all night.  I can’t be that damned shield if you don’t tell me what I’m up against Wildflower.  I’ll ask this one more time.  What happened last night Daisy?”

“He recorded us.” I
croak barely above a whisper but I hear his breath rush from his chest so I know that he heard me.

“Who did?
  When?”

Looking up I see Gray’s fists balled at his sides, his mouth a hard line.  His eyes are dark and stormy to a point I’ve never seen.  L
ooking at his feet I answer. “Cam found videos on Tad’s laptop of Landon and me.  The whole time that I was with Landon they were recording us together.” I watch Gray’s feet turn then he silently leaves the room.

I cur
l into a ball on the bed letting the tears pour down my face freely.  It isn’t the fact of what Landon did or let Tad do that has me crying right now.  No, it’s the fact that Gray walked out after I told him what he wanted to know.  I would have kept it from him if I could.  Not to be dishonest but to keep it from hurting him.  From hurting what we are building together.  I lie on the bed for a long time looking through my tears at my wedding ring before the door opens.  I don’t turn my head toward him when the bed dips I just turn to muffle my sobs into the pillow.

“Landon isn’t answering his phone.” Gray’s voice is vibrating with rage. “I want to kill them both Daisy.
  Make them fuckin’ pay.  That shit on there…” He starts.

He curls behind me nuzzling my hair as I cry into the pillow. “Did you guys watch them?”

“I went through the files.  No one else baby.  You’re
my
wife.  You can’t keep this shit from me.  It’s my job to protect you, support you, to love you.” He whispers into my ear. “Honesty and communication remember?  No secrets. I’ll deal with those bastards for this.  The termination letter from last week is back in effect.  Aiden has all the proof we need now thanks to you ladies to terminate immediately.  Tad was charging twice the fee than before then pocketing half on top of his agreed fees.  We got all of it from his laptop; bank statements, invoices, everything.  That part is over but this with you is personal.  I’ll tend to it in Minnesota if they show the fuck up.”

Turning
, I meet Gray’s gorgeous face.  Cupping his face in my hands I run my fingers tips along the scratchy stubble along his chin.  Turning his face, he slowly runs his lips along my wrist. “Nothing about how much I love you makes sense Grayson.  How fast I fell for you or how you completely take me over with every touch.   How much I need to be with you shatters everything else in the world to hell.  I don’t want anything else but this moment right now with you.”

“Love doesn’
t make sense Daisy.  It isn’t supposed to be defined or put into a box.  Wildflower, you consume me.  You don’t put labels on something as simple and pure as what we have here, baby.  You just breathe it in for all it’s worth.” Leaning down he presses his lips to mine. “Fast, slow, it just is what it is.  I love you Daisy that’s all that matters.”

Gray rolls to his back pulling me on top of his
chest.  I kiss along his jaw, the stubble rough against my lips as I move down his throat nipping softly.  Leaning up he tugs his shirt over his head giving me access to his ink that I love so much.  Gray’s hands unbutton my shirt as my fingers run along his chest, circling the vow he made to me in ink.  His gaze locking on my fingers as they travel down his abdomen tracing the letters of his nickname. “Sex and Sin.” I murmur making him smile.

Gray’s
growls low in his throat then pins me beneath him. “I’ve taken all of the teasing I can stand.  Now it’s my turn baby.”

Gray pu
lls my pants down my legs throwing them behind him.  Leaning down he sucks my nipple through the lace of my bra, my hands immediately diving into his hair.  Sliding his hands down my back he cups my ass pulling me against him.  I’m lost in the feeling of his hands and mouth running along my skin.  The way his jeans are rubbing against me is so overwhelming all I can do is moan his name.

“
See how simple it is baby?  No need complicating something that feels this right.”

Sliding my
panties down my legs Gray eases a finger into me.  “Damn you feel like heaven baby.  Ready for me already.” I feel him slide out then replacing it with two.  Curving them inside me as his thumb circles my clit I cry out, my hips bucking off of the bed.  His other hand brushes up my side running over my daisy to palm my breast.  Gray rolls my nipple between his fingers as he circles my clit faster.  Putting more pressure with his thumb sends me over the edge.  My orgasm races through me as my walls tighten around his fingers.  My legs still trembling when I feel his fingers leave me.  I hear his zipper then he is pushing into me hard and fast.

“Fuck Daisy I need this.  Need you so
fuckin’ bad baby.” He groans breathlessly, wrapping my legs around him.  Gray’s hips are slamming against the backs of my thighs taking everything I have to give him.  I fight against the need to close my eyes at the fullness.  The feel of the piercings sliding against me is too much.  Everything is so intense that I can already feel myself building again. “That’s right baby keep your eyes here.” Gray whispers against my lips.

Cradling my neck with his hand he kisses me deeply pumping his hips against me wildly.  His tongue
slowly caresses mine.  Arching my back, I roll my hips meeting his thrusts.  I’m desperate for more.  Completely frantic, unable to get close enough.  Where he ends and where I begin is now nothing but a blurred line.  I can totally understand what Aiden means by how connected his heart is with Cam’s.  I get how deep it runs, how broken I know I would be losing this.  I am drowning in the intensity of his eyes while we move harder and faster together.  I cry my release into his mouth; my fingernails scraping down his back as my climax roars through me.  Grabbing my hand Gray places it over his heart when he stills inside me. “Do you feel that?  My heart beats your fuckin’ name Wildflower.  Every beat says Daisy.” His eyes are smoldering, so intense, so serious when they meet mine again.  Without another word he slams his mouth to mine.  His orgasm making his entire body shudder as he fills me.

Pulling me against him he rolls us so that I’m lying across his chest.
  Gray’s fingers running through my hair. “Don’t keep me in the dark Daisy, ever.  I can’t take secrets.  I’ve had way more in my life than I’ll ever need.”               I nod against him, lying there content in just letting what we have be what it is without a label or a box.

After we clean up Gray and I walk back up
to the living area where nothing looks to have changed much.  Henry is driving the bus, Aiden once again glued between the phone and laptop.  Glancing over at the table I see Hunter sitting with his back to us, the bacon boxes all over the floor.  Bending down I start grabbing them. “Damn it.  I thought you would put them up before they…” I shake an empty box. “Holy shit!  Did you eat all of these?” I ask in disbelief. 

Hunter looks up at me with a huge smile. “You should’ve married me babe.  I’ll worship at your feet.  Bacon! 
Oh the bacon!” Jumping up from the table he wraps his arms around me kissing my cheeks. “I love the hell outta your wife Gray.” He says grinning down at me.
 

Shoving him away I hold my nose. “Proposal denied.  Oh my God!  You reek of that damn stuff!”

“Oh fine then be my sexy Mommy.  You can adopt me.  I’ll live on breast feasting and bacon.” He suggests dropping to his knees hugging my waist tightly with both arms. “Please oh please you could so be a MILF.”

“For one genius it’s breast fe
eding, for two hell no.” Stepping over Aiden’s outstretched legs, I sit on the couch next to Gray.  Who is deep in thought writing in his lyric book.

“To each their own.”
Hunter shrugs, flopping into his usual chair. “Now someone needs to tell Henry that we have to stop again soon for more bacon.  Really Daisy that wasn’t very thoughtful of you to buy just enough for me and no one else.  What will Gray think if you play favorites like that?”

“You’re no one’s favorite.”
Aiden chuckles.

“I’m Chase’s favorite.  She knows it too.” Hunter snaps back pointing at me, “I may even fly her up to Minnesota for the show.  I’d love to give her
another spin.” He groans closing his eyes leaning his head back against the chair.

“AH HA!”
I shout jumping to my feet. “You just admitted it!  Hunter Chesterfield the well renowned one tap per pussy man is admitting he wants another taste of one!” I jump up and down making all three guys look up at me. “Too bad she wasn’t very into you.  I mean you bored her to sleep while riding your face.” I tease, climbing over their legs to grab a bottle of water from the fridge.

“Yeah the bitch was bored to screams.  I fucked her unconscious.  She loved every second.  So when I get her beneath
me, above or dangling from the ceiling again I’ll tape it so all of you can see every single amazing second.  Then you can truly be a jealous bitch.” He says with a laugh.

I choke spitting
water down my shirt.  Three pairs of eyes meeting mine only two of which understand the reason why.  I fly down the aisle, into the bedroom throwing the shirt to the floor as I dig in my bag for another.  What the hell is wrong with me?  I can’t even take Hunter’s taunting now?  I know good and well Hunter doesn’t know anything about it.  Pulling on a dry t-shirt, I take a breath then walk back up the aisle.

“You okay
?” Gray asks when I sit back down next to him.

“Yeah, fine.  Just went down wrong I guess.”

“Yo Big Man!  I’m hungry let’s stop soon maybe we can find some pussy at the diner too.” Hunter shouts.

“You need a good piece of pussy like a hole in the head.” Henry snaps back.

Three hours later we sit in yet another diner looking over menus while Hunter hits on every waitress in the place.  He pulls our waitress onto his lap while she takes our orders.  Attaching his mouth to her neck completely distracting her.  Great who knows what we will end up having to eat now.  Gray wraps his arm around me in the booth while Aiden just ignores the entire world over his phone. “So I’ll go put your order in then meet you in back?” She asks Hunter.

“That’s right…” He leans up to see her name tag.
“Um, Christy.  I’ll see ya in a minute.” He purrs as she walks away giggling.

“You realize you’re
goin’ to get random pussy at a truck stop?” I ask arching a brow. “That’s not groupie sleaze Cunter.  That’s like throwin’ a Twinkie down a hallway.” I whisper when she looks over. “She walks like a gun slinger at high noon.”